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Cross sections of the Fe-56 (n, alpha) Cr-53 and Fe-54 (n, alpha) Cr-51 reactions in the MeV region

Author
Wang Z. IHIP, Peking University, China
Krupa Luboš, M.Sc. Ph.D. Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics CTU, JINR Dubna
et al.  different institutions

Year
2015

Scientific journal
Physical Review C, 92 (4), 044601

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Abstract
Cross sections of the Fe-56(n, alpha) Cr-53 and Fe-54(n, alpha) Cr-51 reactions were measured at E-n = 5.5 and 6.5MeV and E-n = 4.0, 4.5, 5.5, and 6.5MeV, respectively, using a double-section gridded ionization chamber as the alpha-particle detector. Natural iron and enriched Fe-56 and Fe-54 foil samples were prepared. A deuterium gas target was used to produce monoenergetic neutrons through the H-2(d, n) He-3 reaction. Two rounds of experiments were performed at the 4.5-MV Van de Graaff Accelerator of Peking University. The foreground and background were measured in separate runs. The neutron flux was monitored by a BF3 long counter, and the cross sections of the U-238(n, f) reaction were used as the standard. Present results are compared with those of the TALYS-1.6 code calculations, existing measurements, and evaluations.

Cite article as:
Z. Wang, L. Krupa, . et al., "Cross sections of the Fe-56 (n, alpha) Cr-53 and Fe-54 (n, alpha) Cr-51 reactions in the MeV region", Physical Review C, 92 (4), 044601 (2015)